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Surname
BURRELL
Forename
Richard
Day
08
Month
09
Year
1908
Age
70
Occupation
Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Willington
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Strakers & Love
Location
Willington
County
Durham
Details of Event
He, unauthorised, was riding outbye on the top of a full tub which he, of his own accord, He had hung on to the endless rope, to take his gear from one part of the mine to another. At a way-end his head was caught against a baulk. He died from pneumonia set up by the accident.